Chapter 107 Women in the New Era
This poem is called "To the Oak Tree".
The poem denies the secular view of inequality in love through the "confession" of the kapok tree to the oak tree, calls for freedom, equality and independence, and is in harmony with the slogan of equality between men and women in love.
This will issue the declaration of independence for women in the new era and express their longing and yearning for love.
This is a poem written by later generations in 1977. Apart from the narrative being too straightforward, it was not inconsistent in the Republic of China period. It can be seen that women's liberation is not a matter of one day or one night, but a long journey of responsibilities.
Poetry is a favorite genre for girls. Lin Zixuan is the founder of new poetry, so it is normal to recite poetry in his speech.
This poem is written very straightforward.
Although the images of oak trees and kapok were borrowed, most of the female students below knew that this was a metaphor for the love between men and women, and only some younger girls were confused.
Women and men are not vassal relationships, but are independent and support each other. This is the correct view of love for women.
The principal of the Chinese and Western Schools appreciated this poem quite well.
As an American woman, she has independent ideas and can better understand the meaning expressed in poetry.
This poem not only talks about love, but also expresses the independent subjective spirit of women.
She believes that this is the result of Lin Zixuan's Western education in the United States, and as an American, she is proud of it.
Lin Zixuan left the Chinese and Western Girls' School, but the matter was not over.
With Lin Zixuan's permission, the principal of the Chinese and Western Girls' School translated the content of the speech into English, and attached his own views on women's liberation, and published it in the English newspaper "Zi Linxi Daily" in Shanghai.
The predecessor of "Zi Linxi Daily" was "Beihua Jiebao". It was founded by British businessman Xi Anmen in Shanghai on August 3, 1850. It is the most influential English newspaper published in China.
The main readers of the newspaper are foreign diplomats, missionaries and businessmen in China.
The principal of the Chinese and Western Girls' School believes that Lin Zixuan put forward the standard for women in the new era, that is, "self-esteem, self-reliance, self-confidence, self-improvement", which is of great significance to women's liberation.
In the past, when talking about women's liberation, most of them were fighting for equality between men and women, fighting for women's right to education, freedom of marriage, etc.
But no one can tell what women in the new era should look like?
Because it is still the enlightenment stage of women's liberation, no one has ever seen women in the new era, and can only explore and move forward. It is already commendable that Luxun can propose that women's economic independence is valuable.
Lin Zixuan directly told people of this era that this is the standard for women in the new era and has epoch-making significance for women's liberation in this era.
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, he pointed out a path for women's liberation.
This incident first caused heated discussion among foreigners, and Westerners are more likely to accept this view. There are many examples of women's independence in Western literature, such as Jane Eyre and Nora.
In Lin Zixuan's writing, this view is even more distinct.
Scarlett in "Gone with the Wind", Huang Rong in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Li Wenxiu in "The White Horse Roaring the West Wind", and Chen Bailu in "Sunrise"...
These women have distinct personalities and their own ideas. Even Chen Bailu finally chose not to sink into despair and to be liberated to death.
The discussion has shifted from Western media to domestic media. Shanghai newspapers have just had a big discussion on arranged marriages, and now they have begun to discuss the standards for new women.
This time it was not as sensation as last time. Although new women were a topic of concern, they could not form a social hot spot in the conservative atmosphere of Shanghai.
More about some newspapers that tend to make progress are talking about.
Of course, the "Vianxiang Magazine" under the Vientiane Bookstore has also published many articles advocating new women.
Ping Banya is very good at judging the situation, so of course he has to be very popular with the big boss's articles.
In Peking, Zhou Zuoren posted a message to support Lin Zixuan's definition of new women, believing that these eight words are the cornerstone of women's liberation.
In 1920, Zhou Zuoren, Hu Yuzhi and others formed the Women's Research Association and published the "Declaration on Women's Research" in the supplement of the Beijing Morning Post.
This declaration elaborates on the relationship between women's struggle for political and economic freedom and their struggle for independence and liberation.
It is a lineage and the "self-esteem, self-reliance, self-confidence, self-improvement" proposed by Lin Zixuan, which laid the foundation for the future liberation of Chinese women.
The poem "To Oak" is very popular among young female students.
Because Lin Zixuan signed the name in Hu Shi's "Our Political Propositions", some radical young people believed that Lin Zixuan was a bourgeois reformist, not a revolutionary faction, but a conservative force, like Guo Moruo, who belonged to their revolutionary faction.
But To Oak made some of the female students change their minds.
This poem is filled with a revolutionary optimism, so they think Lin Zixuan is still worth saving.
Lin Zixuan didn't know much about these views. He was taking Ruan Lingyu to the studio of the Star Film Company.
These two days, Ruan Lingyu has lived a dreamy life.
Lin Zixuan took her around to have fun, eat delicious food, wear new clothes, watch performances, and go to the theater to watch foreign movies, realizing her previous unattainable wishes one by one.
Sometimes she was worried that waking up was just a dream.
Fortunately, when she woke up in the early morning, she found that this was not a dream, but a reality, and this might have been the happiest few days she has lived.
On this day, Lin Zixuan asked her if she wanted to see how to shoot the movie. Ruan Lingyu was at the age of curiosity and would not refuse Lin Zixuan's arrangements, so she came to the studio with Lin Zixuan.
At this time, the filming of "Tianmen Hero Huo Yuanjia" has ended and is undergoing post-printing, mainly for the filming of "Making a Fight in the Heavenly Palace", while "Sunrise" is only filmed in a temporary hotel room.
Hong Shen was already anxious and anxious. The actor Lin Zixuan promised to have not yet brought it. This will affect the progress of the shooting and the perfection of the film.
He also wanted to know what the actor Lin Zixuan found was like, and whether he was as talented as Lin Zixuan said.
When Hong Shen saw Ruan Lingyu for the first time, he was a little disappointed.
This girl looks pretty good, but her temperament doesn't match the little one. The little one lives at the bottom of society and looks miserable and pitiful. Only in this way can the audience sympathize with the weak.
But the girl in front of her clearly had a happy smile on her face and was wearing gorgeous clothes. She looked like a rich lady. How could she play the charm of a girl from the bottom of society?
If the full score is 100, Hong Shen will give Ruan Lingyu 20 points, because Ruan Lingyu's appearance is quite good.
Chapter completed!